HOME | CONTACT US | JOIN | ABOUT | Tel: 0870 8712000 ........................British Cycling, National Cycling Centre, Stuart Street, Manchester, M11 4DQ
..
HOME | CONTACT
US | JOIN |
ABOUT
| Tel: 0870 8712000 ........................British
Cycling, National Cycling Centre, Stuart Street, Manchester, M11 4DQ
|
The event took place in chilly overcast conditions on a course that was certainly pretty quick after a surprisingly dry autumn in the Pennine hills of West Yorkshire. With a mixture of gravel roads and bone-dry grassland, the top riders held a high pace more akin to a road race than an off-road event.
First female competitor home was Kim Blythe of the Sheffield Phoenix club, a rider more at home perhaps on the track where she is a national champion. Earlier in the day, the youth race went to Sam Hedges, whilst Rob Simpson took the under 12 category race.
Results Youth Under 12
|
Veteran
former national champion Peter Stevenson (left) took the honours at
the Sowerby Bradford Olympic/Paul Milne Cyclo-Cross, from talented Junior
Ian Stannard (below), with Jody Hamilton third.
At
the head of the race, Stevenson always looked to have things under control
and had a comfortable gap of 30 seconds at the finish. In turn Stannard,
who competed recently at the youth Olympics in Paris, had thirty seconds
over Hamilton, who chose to ride a mountain bike.